Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Today’s Average Cuban Salary Now Equals US $16 per Month

Barely enough to buy four bottles of cooking oil or two and a half cartons of 30 eggs in the small private shops when they are available.

Sometimes I wonder at what moment it stopped being a house. In Cuba, shuttered houses have become a metaphor for absence.

The Colon Cemetery in Havana, a victim of thieves and also a source of money to finance the departure from the country.

Ever since my daughter started attending the Vocational boarding school, my money seems to have magical powers…

The Mariano Rodriguez Gallery in Villa Panamericana, presents “Images that Converse With Themselves: Portraits of Cuban Artists.” (16 photos)

The key to Nicaragua’s liberation rests on a strategy of cohesion and cooperation among the opposition groups.

Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on, Friday, April 18, 2025.

Cuban patients not only have the responsibility to get syringes and drugs before surgery. Now, often, a blood donation is a prerequisite.

The court found that they received illegal contributions from Hugo Chávez and Odebrecht to fund their election campaigns.

Rebecca Kroll from the United States took our photo of the day: “Dawn of a Cactu”, in New Mexico, USA.